Andrew Martin Unisex Green/Golden Collection 2 Books Set (Metropolitain, Night Trains)

Name: Andrew Martin Unisex Green/Golden Collection 2 Books Set (Metropolitain, Night Trains)
Brand: Andrew Martin

Andrew Martin

Description. Metropolitain: An Ode to the Paris Metro. Metropolitain is as stylish as the Metro itself and laced with cultural references. Andrew explains why Last Tango in Paris is a great Metro film, and what the Metro chase scene in the classic thriller, Le Samourai, says about Parisian culture. He describes how he came to appreciate the beauty of Guimard's sinuous green Metro entrances when he bought a lily of the valley and observed it flowering on his desk. We meet Andrew's half-English, half-French friend, Julian, who runs a society dedicated to Metro history. He tells Andrew.... Night Trains: The Rise and Fall of the Sleeper.... In Night Trains, Andrew Martin attempts to relive the golden age of the great European sleeper trains by using their modern-day equivalents. This is no simple matter. The night trains have fallen on hard times, and the services are disappearing one by one. But if the Orient Express experience can only be recreated by taking three separate sleepers, the...